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Originally Posted by nico-t
I never saw 'inception' and my friend kept saying I have to see it because it's such a good movie, "but you have to keep watching to understand the rather complex story."
So i was very interested because i like those kind of movies. I think Memento is brilliant, and this was of the same director... Well I watched it a couple of weeks ago and my high expectations were not met at all. I don't care if a movie isn't complex, but don't claim a movie is complex when it's in fact the opposite. The dream in dream thing was extremely linear and easy to follow, so I'm not sure how anyone cannot understand that part.
If the storyline was good, I would've enjoyed it more, but the storyline was also extremely simplistic. Incomparable with Memento in my opinion, that was really well made, with twists you just didn't see coming at all. Conclusion, for me inception was a big disappointment.
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I loved inception. Maybe he didn't mean that it was hard to understand. Maybe he was talking about the ending - the very end - with the spinning top. How the movie ends and what actually happened are open for debate.
The movie deserves another watch from you though. You may not believe me, but the music plays a key part in the movie too. For example, the movie's theme music is actually slowed-down version of the song used to wake up the dreamers. When the music is heard by the dreamers, the music is perceived as being played slower, but to the audience is a cue that the dream is over. There are also some fun clues and gags in the movie. The first letter of each of the characters names spell "dreams". The license plates seen in cars when dreaming say "The Alternate State", etc.
If you want to see a "mini" inception, check out my other favourite Chris Nolan Movie : The Prestige. The premise about 2 magicians in the late 1800's seems boring as hell, but it's brilliant, and the very very last frame of the movie is a wonderfully satisfying mind fuck. Loved it.